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Psilocybin treats major depression

It is about flexibility Major depressive disorder is a significant problem. Current medications widely accepted in the field are well-known antidepressants that usually take weeks to months to take effect and require daily repetitive doses. Strikingly, psilocybin (an active ingredient of certain mushrooms) takes just two days, requires one or…

Depression

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Psilocybin treats major depression
Psilocybin treats major depression
Depression

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Can you argue a narcissist out of narcissism?

Empathy as a genetic variable — Scientists now understand how empathy works. Can you talk someone out of narcissism? Does elusive childhood trauma cause a lack of empathy? Most probably, the answer is no. Narcissist. Will. Never. Change. Why? Genetics. Empathy is a reaction of an individual to the observed experience of others. Empathy can be…

Narcissism

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Can you argue narcissist out of narcissism?
Can you argue narcissist out of narcissism?
Narcissism

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An altered state of mind or exceptional wakefulness?

A single dose of psilocybin “couples” “uncoupled” brain networks If consciousness is a state of being awake and aware, does it mean you are unconscious in your sleep? For many years the majority of researchers considered dreamless sleep being equal to an unconscious state. Consciousness, however, is not a binary…

Brain

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An altered state of mind or exceptional wakefulness?
An altered state of mind or exceptional wakefulness?
Brain

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Psychedelics as a therapy

Psilocybin may soon be legally available for young and old — Did you know that psychedelics acceptance is just around the corner? Robust and durable beneficial mind-altering properties of single or few-doses psilocybin can be used respectfully by carefully selected young and old individuals. Let's be clear. Some botanicals including cannabis are currently still listed on Schedule 1 of the United…

Psilocybin

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Psychedelics as a therapy
Psychedelics as a therapy
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The healing power of psychedelics

Science is one step closer to reverse the damage of chronic stress — Stress is inevitable and suffering is universal, but victimhood is optional. The choice is yours, says Dr.Eger, who survived a concentration camp during World War II and reflected on life in her book. However, it is not easy to change the brain by using the brain itself. Stress causes maladaptive…

Psychedelics

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The healing power of psychedelics
The healing power of psychedelics
Psychedelics

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May 20, 2022

What’s next after monkeypox?

Ecology changes are driven by human activities — In a short period between 2000–2004, US Fish and Wildlife Service reported that more than 1 trillion animals were imported into the United States. …

Health

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What’s next after monkeypox?
What’s next after monkeypox?
Health

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May 9, 2022

Psychedelic assisted therapy and the latest targets

Autism, post-traumatic stress disorder, anorexia, depression, end-of-life anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder… — The tide is coming. Elon Musk recently tweeted questioning the effectiveness of psychedelics over prescription drugs. Imperial College London is now conducting a clinical trial to assess the feasibility, brain mechanisms, and preliminary outcomes of treating anorexia nervosa (AN) with psilocybin. …

Autism

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Psychedelic assisted therapy and the latest targets
Psychedelic assisted therapy and the latest targets
Autism

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Apr 13, 2022

Canada is running a large-scale Stanford Prison Experiment

How mask-enforcing became a legalized power trip — April, 2022. The Montreal Museum of fine arts was almost empty; it was a rainy Wednesday afternoon. I went to one of Montreal’s most famous museums to see the exhibition of Nicolas Party ( L’heure Mauve). Prior to arriving at the exhibition, I had a snack in a local cafe…

Psychology

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Canada is running a large-scale Stanford Prison Experiment
Canada is running a large-scale Stanford Prison Experiment
Psychology

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·Apr 5, 2022

Presumption of Being Healthy

Safety is overtesting — Until 60 years old humans are presumed neurologically healthy. At sixty age-related changes may show up on a medical image of the brain. The healthy functioning of the central nervous system, also known as the brain, depends on internal and external experience. The functioning of the brain may be interrupted…

Health

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Presumption of Being Healthy
Presumption of Being Healthy
Health

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Apr 3, 2022

Kremlin’s bizarre bloody bathing

Balneum animale in red deer’s blood The last time the medical community considered the benefits of bathing in animal blood was in 1848. Gray’s Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia mentioned a bizarre procedure “to transfer vitality from a killed animal to a human” by wrapping parts of the animal around the…

Russia

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Kremlin’s bizarre bloody bathing
Kremlin’s bizarre bloody bathing
Russia

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